≡ Category: Drama, Japan, Movie Reviews, Recommended, Suspense | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Japan
Genre: Suspense/ Drama
Director: Takashi Miike
Year: 2003
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When most people think of director Takashi Miike, their reference is the outrageous genre freakouts of Ichi The Killer and the Dead Or Alive films.
Coming from Miike, The Negotiator is shocking because the filmmaking is classical and, even when horrible violence might be appropriate, Miike […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Exploitation
Director: Shunya Ito
Year: 1972
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When last we saw her, the Matsu (Meiko Kaji) had avenged her lover’s betrayal and was back in the slammer. But it seems that the Warden (Fumio Watanabe) is still nursing a grudge about the incident that left him with only one functioning eye. […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Exploitation
Director: Shunya Ito
Year: 1972
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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
I’m not sure what I expected from Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, but I was surprised by what I got. I was familiar with star Meiko Kaji from the Lady Snowblood movies and, sure enough, we are often treated to her otherworldly glare here, […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama
Director: Hiroyuki Tsuji
Year: 2007
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
I’m not sure whether the filmmakers behind Zero Woman R merely have contempt for their audience or if they’re truly incompetent. They start off which a potentially compelling premise, decent actors, and attractive women and wind up with a snooze that would only be of […]
≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Drama, Japan, Movie Reviews, Recommended, Swordplay | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Kenji Misumi
Year: 1972
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Yet another delightful swordplay series from early 70s Japan, Hanzo The Razor has elements similar to both Lone Wolf & Cub and Zatoichi, but with a singularly perverse thrust.
You see, Hanzo is a lawman in Edo, Japan. In the first film in the […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Year: 1974
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When last we heard from Lady Snowblood (Meiko Kaji), she had fully avenged her parents, the task for which she had literally been born. Now she’s at loose ends. She’s wanted as a murderer, and she’s weary of cutting through the policemen and bounty […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Year: 1973
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Poor Yuki (Meiko Kaji), AKA Lady Snowblood. She doesn’t even get a chance to have anyone wrong her before her entire life becomes devoted to vengeance. You see, her mother’s husband was killed by a group of four hooligans, as part of a scam […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Year: 2000
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Some films are almost more important for the way in which they are made than for what they’re about. Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Seance is an example of such a film.
Junko (Jun Fubuki) is a true medium. She can sometimes channel spirits through her body. She can […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Year: 1973
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
I have to admit, I’m beginning to acquire a taste for the adventures of Zatoichi. These movies aren’t quite as accessible as the Lone Wolf & Cub series because they aren’t as bold visually, in their sound design, in their graphic depiction of […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Year: 1971
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Poor Jimmy Wang (Yu Wang), The One-Armed Swordsman, has come to Japan to escape his enemies in China and live in peace. He’s on his way to a Japanese monastery when he meets a family from China, making a living by giving martial […]